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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Andrew Richard Yasenosky.

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ANDREW RICHARD YASENOSKY

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 26, 1927 – December 3, 1966

Service record

Andrew Richard Yasenosky, of Leckrone, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13E · Line 9

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
HHC 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
September 26, 1927
Home of record
Leckrone, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 3, 1966
Age
39
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

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Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 13E, Line 9

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.